5-letter words containing p, r
- perks — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
- perky — jaunty; cheerful; brisk; pert.
- perl5 — (language, tool) A commonly used but unofficial term for 5.* versions of Perl.
- perle — a medicinal capsule that resembles a pearl in shape.
- peron — Eva Duarte de [ee-vuh dwahr-tey duh;; Spanish e-vah dwahr-te th e] /ˈi və ˈdwɑr teɪ də;; Spanish ˈɛ vɑ ˈdwɑr tɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1919–52, Argentine political figure (wife of Juan Perón).
- perry — a fermented beverage similar to cider, made from the juice of pears.
- perse — of a very deep shade of blue or purple.
- perst — perished
- perth — a state in W Australia. 975,920 sq. mi. (2,527,635 sq. km). Capital: Perth.
- perts — a management method of controlling and analyzing a system or program using periodic time and money reports, often computer generated, to determine dollar and labor status at any given time.
- pervy — sexually perverted
- peter — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- petra — an ancient Arab kingdom of SW Asia, in the area of present-day Jordan, that became a Roman province in a.d. 106. Capital: Petra.
- petro — of or relating to petroleum or the petroleum industry.
- phar. — pharmaceutical
- phare — a beacon or watchtower to guide seafarers
- pharm — pharmaceutical
- pharr — a city in S Texas.
- picra — a powder made up of aloes and canella which is used as a laxative or digestive cleanser
- piers — a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- piker — a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- pilar — of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- piler — someone who makes a pile or places things on a pile
- piper — a person who plays on a pipe.
- pirai — a piranha fish
- piran — Saint. died c.480 ad, monk probably from Ireland who settled in Cornwall, giving his name to Perranporth. His flag, a white cross on a black background, is Cornwall's standard. Feast day: March 5
- pirog — a large pie filled with meat, vegetables, etc
- pitri — the legendary progenitor of any family.
- piura — a city in N Peru.
- plier — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- plur. — plural
- plyer — pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- poker — a card game played by two or more persons, in which the players bet on the value of their hands, the winner taking the pool.
- polar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- poler — a person or thing that poles.
- poori — a light, round, unleavened wheat bread of India, usually deep-fried.
- poort — (in South Africa) a steep narrow mountain pass, usually following a river or stream
- porae — a large edible sea fish, Nemadactylus douglasi, of New Zealand waters
- poral — of or relating to pores
- porch — an exterior appendage to a building, forming a covered approach or vestibule to a doorway.
- porea — Port Office Regional Employees Association
- pored — to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
- porer — a person who makes a close inspection of something
- porge — to cleanse a slaughtered animal ceremonially in accordance with religious laws
- porgy — a sparid food fish, Pagrus pagrus, found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
- porky — of, relating to, or resembling pork.
- porno — pornography
- porns — Sometimes, porno [pawr-noh] /ˈpɔr noʊ/ (Show IPA). pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn; a porn star; porn films.
- porny — Informal. pertaining to, resembling, characteristic of, or containing pornography; pornographic: porny photos.
- porta — an aperture in an organ, such as the liver, esp one providing an opening for blood vessels